7,921 stories by "Michael Gioia"
In honor of Jewish tradition, we took to the red carpet on opening night of Fiddler on the Roof to ask the show's stars (and star-studded attendees) to decode a few Yiddish …
After a sold-out developmental production at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Stillwater (the new musical co-written by Tuck Everlasting lyricist Nathan Tysen) will hit Joe's P…
Jon Rua, who understudies Alexander Hamilton in Broadway's Hamilton, makes his debut as the titular Founding Father at the Dec. 20 matinee performance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Bot…
Jon Rua, who understudies Alexander Hamilton in Broadway's Hamilton, makes his debut as the titular Founding Father at the Dec. 20 matinee performance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Bot…
Shanice Williams was plucked from small-town New Jersey to fly over the rainbow less than two weeks ago in NBC's production of The Wiz Live! After receiving rave reviews for her perf…
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas In Concert, a holiday concert featuring Dames at Sea star Lesli Margherita, is held Dec. 15 at Feinstein's/54 Below.
Broadway was decked out in shades of purple last night in celebration of the opening-night performance of The Color Purple, starring Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Hudson. So, we took to the…
Is there more than just one kind of "Broadway Body?" In an industry that pressures performers to fit a certain "look" comes the new musical Gigantic, where stars of size …
For over three years, theatre lovers on Twitter have been stumped. Who is Annoying Actor Friend (@Actor_Friend), the person behind the account that has not only made actors laugh, but also s…
This week's look into the life of Seth Rudetsky takes readers behind the scenes of Disaster!'s photo and commercial shoot and recounts the wish he told Audra McDonald this summer.
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas In Concert, a holiday concert featuring Dames at Sea star Lesli Margherita, will be held Dec. 15 at Feinstein's/54 Below.
The Skivvies, the twosome (Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina) known for performing in their underwear, got into their pajamas for Lin-Manuel Miranda. They joined him for an Outkast medley a…
Everyone was invited to join the band last night! We took to the School of Rock – The Musical red carpet to ask its stars (and star-studded audience) to show …
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton and the Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home are among the nominees for the Best Musical Theater Album Grammy Award. Nominations were announced Dec. …
Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock – The Musical, which opened Dec. 7 at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre to critical acclaim, will have its London premiere in t…
Every Good Girl Deserves Fun — And Other Misremembered Things, a new dark comedy written by Heidi Armbruster about prolonged adolescence running into early onset Alzheimer's, p…
Jenna Ushkowitz, Dan DeLuca and Jackie Burns are among the performers who will celebrate the holidays this weekend at Feinstein's/54 Below with A Very Funny Broadway Holiday. They share …
NBC presents its third annual live television event Dec. 3, when Dorothy and her pals travel the Yellow Brick Road to Oz in The Wiz Live! The Tony Award-winning musical by Charlie Smalls…
Ten years ago, Griffin Matthews set upon a trip to Uganda that would change his life forever. His real-life experiences take shape Off-Broadway, where the Invisible Thread that links…
Though Amber Riley has performed numerous Broadway hits on national television (as Mercedes Jones on Fox's "Glee") and will soon ease on down the road in the live broadcast of …
The holidays can be tricky when working on a Broadway schedule — instead of going home to see family, most performers spend time with their "show families." Cast members …
Annoying Actor Friend's "#GRATEFUL: Everything Happens for a Reason," a choose-your-own show-business destiny book (and the sequel to "#SOBLESSED: the Annoying…
Mamma knows best, after all. Forty years after originating her now-iconic performance as Dorothy in the Broadway bow of The Wiz, Stephanie Mills confesses that auditioning is crippling a…
It's been 40 years since The Wiz bowed on Broadway, and the creative team over at NBC decided it was time for some renovations on the Yellow Brick Road. As Dorothy and her pals prepare t…
Laura Osnes, Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Natalie Weiss, Alysha Umphress, Alex Brightman, Lindsay Mendez and Lilli Cooper are among the singers featured on songwriter Jonathan Reid Gealt'…